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Sharing Food and Memories with Friends and Family

It is an unfortunate truth that extended family members may only get together for life cycle events, both happy and sad. Two weeks ago many members of the Graf family came to Philadelphia, and as a result I was able to spend time with my Tante Marisha. Marisha is now the matriarch of the family, […]

Last night I attended the Annual Dinner for the non-profit where I work. It was held at a restaurant in a very chic hotel in Los Angeles run by a chef who is known for his use of molecular gastronomy. As I wandered around the room, I felt as if I were in a theatre […]

Despite the fact that we lived in the city, The Bronx had enough natural beauty for my father to enjoy. There was Mosholu Parkway, Pelham Parkway, Poe Park, and Van Cortlandt Park, just to name a few of the places where one could escape to. On Sundays my father and I would walk to St. […]

Our family was very small. None of my mother’s siblings had survived the war, but my father had two brothers and a sister that lived close by. His oldest brother, Uncle Jack, was the debonair one in the family, always beautiful dressed with his Homburg perched perfectly on his head. Jack had emigrated to France […]

My mother made garlic chicken every Friday night for as long as I can remember. She used the same rub on turkey, duck and Cornish hens, the only variation being the bigger the bird, the more garlic. Bake the chicken in a large enough pan to hold quartered potatoes and baste chicken and potatoes with […]

This is for Charlie who requested a recipe for Calves’ Foot Jelly. He is my son’s classmate and though we haven’t met, you have to admire someone who wants to make Ptcha. Ptcha (Calves’ Foot Jelly) 2 calves’ feet 1 bay leaf 5 or 6 cloves garlic, minced 2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. pepper Soak […]